Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra created history by becoming the first-ever Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League trophy. Achieving one of the biggest wins of his career, Chopra closed the match with the best throw of 88.44m in his second attempt.
Simranjeet was part of the India Colts team that successfully lifted the FIH Junior Men's World Cup in Lucknow in 2016. Ever since his career has been on an upward climb.
Rio Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungaria finished fifth in 4:35.98.
Vinesh, who has made Budapest her training base, is perhaps the best medal hope for the country after sealing India's Olympic quota in the 53kg category at the 2019 World Championships with a bronze at Nur-Sultan.
HI said that Rani was the obvious choice, not just for her on-field exploits but also for her innate ability to guide the youngsters in the team.
Spectators from outside Japan have already been barred from attending the Games.
Mexico, the USA, and Italy have won the last three archery recurve women’s team quota places for the Tokyo Olympic…
Overseas fans have already been barred from attending the Games.
The Indian men's team is grouped in Pool A along with Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and hosts Japan.
Despite the grim situation that is becoming grimmer by the day, it is amazing that the President of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee Seiko Hashimoto sticks to the position that cancelling the event amid the virus surge is not being considered. It appears that any kind of countermeasures to stem the resurgence of the virus are unlikely to work in such a short time.
